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Table 2 Accordance between the results of faecal culture and the two qPCRs for boot swabs and liquid manure samples

From: Evaluation of different diagnostic methods for the detection of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in boot swabs and liquid manure samples

Matrix

qPCR

rs a,b

ĸ ± SEapp c

Boot swab

A

- 0.878

0.757 ± 0.076

B

- 0.889

0.808 ± 0.069

Liquid manure

A

- 0.866

0.794 ± 0.074

B

- 0.730

0.514 ± 0.102

  1. aSpearman rank correlation coefficient
  2. bp-value for all Spearman rank correlation coefficients: P < 0.0001
  3. cCohen’s kappa coefficient ± approximate standard error
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BMC Veterinary Research

ISSN: 1746-6148

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